Combined inkstand, paper-holder, and pen-rack.



PATENTED APN. 17, 1905.

L. N.l JOHNSON. Y COMBINED INKSIAND, PAPEN- HOLDBN, AND PEN RAON.

APPLICATION. FILED TBB. 24. 1905.

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COMBINED ENKSTAND, PAPER-HOLDER, AND PEN-RACK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 17, 1906.

Application filed February 24,1905. Serial No. 247,146.

To @ZZ whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, LORENZO RALPH JOHN- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmira, in the county of Ohemung and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Oombined Inkstand, Paper Holder, and Pen-Rack, of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to a combined inkwell, paper-holder, and pen-rack and the object is to provide a neat, compact, and portable device in which a roll of paper may be conveniently held with one end lying out flat in the position for writing, with the ink-wells so positioned that one may conveniently dip his pen without the necessity of reaching to any extentfor that purpose.

Another object is to provide a construction of ink-well capable of being folded or closed when not in use to prevent as much as possible the ingress of air and dust to the wells and consequent evaporation of the fluid; and still a further Object is to provide a suitable pen and pencil rack in combination with the support for the paper and ink-wells, all of which being so compactly and suitably arranged as to provide a neat and handy desk appliance.

The invention further comprises certain details of construction and novelties of combination and arrangement of parts, as will be fully described in the following specification and pointed out in the claim, reference being had to the drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same. Figs. 3 and 4 show details of construction, and Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view.

In carrying out my invention, I employ a suitable base-plate A, from the rear of which projects a casing B, comprising the side members B, the removable back B2, the slotted front B3, and a top B4, the latter being arranged somewhat below the upper edges of the sides and back to provide a suitable tray, and the side members B are cut out, as at B5, in which cut-out portions are held helical springs O, which form pen-racks.

The removable back B2 has its ends reduced to provide tongues which fit and slide in grooves formed upon the inner faces of the side members B.

Upon the inner faces and at the front edges of the side members are arranged short pin- 5 tles D, which fit in recesses or sockets E',

formed in the ends of the ink receptacles or wellsE and upon which the wells may be swung, as will be more fully described later on. Each receptacle, in the present instance there being two, is cylindrical in form and provided upon one side with an extension or nose portion E2, the bottom of which when the wells are open extends tangentially from the lower periphery of the body portion and its upper edge or top being extended on a line drawn practically from the center of the body portion, which forms a shallow extension or nose into which the ink will readily iiow when the wells are lowered. The upper faces of the nose portions are provided with suitable openings E3, through which access to the wells may be had.

The body portions of the wells rest and operate within the slots formed in the front of the casing B, and in order to lock them in a closed position and to prevent accidental opening I provide suitable spring-clasps E, each having a hook portion which engages a flange E4, provided upon the extreme edges of the lips or extensions of the wells, and the surfaces of the front B3 of the casing where the faces of the extensions of the wells contact is reinforced with rubber or other suit* able material Gr, which forms a cushion and prevents as much as possible the ingress of air and dust to the wells when they are closed.

Suitable supporting strips are arranged across the front of the casing directly below the slots, which strips are engaged by the receptacles or ink wells when lowered and which prevent them dropping too far, and consequently hold them so that the lips will lie practically in a horizontal plane.

In instances where only one receptacle or well is employed I propose to provide it with a partition, so that different color fluids may be used.

Within the casing are arranged suitable standards H, upon which fit and slide the axle I, carried by a roll of paper I, the free end I2 of which projects through an opening formed in the front of the casing and across the base-plate under a strip J, arranged at the front edge thereof. This strip preferably has its forward end ground to rovide a cutting edge by which the end of t e paper may be readily severed when desired.

From the foregoing it will be readily seen that I provide a very cheap, simple, compact, and useful device that will be found particularly adapted for desk uses and particularly ICO IIO

in places where it is necessary to take short notes or memorandums, and it will be readily understood that by providing an endless roll of paper the annoyance of having to provide a slip when it is desired to make a note or memorandum is avoided, and, further, in the employment of a roll of paper held and supported in the manner described and shown the objectionable feature of having to hold the paper while being written upon is avoidserted, a-nd the object of supporting the roll upon the standards prevents accidental movement of the roll, and at the same time it will, through its own weight, prevent to a large extent the unnecessary unwinding and consequent waste.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In a device of the kind described, a baseplate, a casing upon the rear portion of the base-plate, said casing having a slotted front, a removable back and a top the upper surface or which is below the upper edges of the back and sides of the casing, the said sides being cut out above the top, all as and for the purpose set forth. A

LORENZO RALPH JOHNSON.

Witnesses:

JOHN HAssELL, W. P. RUSSELL. 

